Look up: marsupial

1. marsupial
   n. (adj.) A mammal whose young are born while still embryos, and must crawl into its mother`s external pouch (called the marsupium) to finish development.
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2. marsupial
   [adj] - of or relating to the marsupials 2. [n] - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
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3. Marsupial
   Mar·su'pi·al (mär*sū'pĭ* a l) adjective [ Confer French marsupial .] 1. (Zoology) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. 2. (Anat. & Zoology) Of or...
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4. Marsupial
   Mar·su'pi·al noun (Zoology) One of the Marsupialia.
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5. marsupial
   1. <zoology> Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. ... 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones. Marsupial frog. ... <zoology> See Nototrema. ... Origin: Cf. F. Marsupial. ... <zoology> One of the Mar...
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6. marsupial
   adjective of or relating to the marsupials; `marsupial animals`
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7. marsupial
   pouched mammal noun mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
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8. Marsupial
   • (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. • (n.) One of the Marsupialia. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
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9. marsupial
   any of more than 250 species belonging to the infraclass Metatheria (sometimes called Marsupialia), a mammalian group characterized by premature ... [17 related articles]
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10. marsupial
    marsupial (märsOO'pēul) , member of the order Marsupialia, or pouched mammals. With the exception of the New World opossums and an obscure S American family (Caenolestidae), marsupials are now found only in Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and a few adjacent islands. They are generall...
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11. Marsupial
    The marsupialia (marsupials) are an extensive group of mammalia, differing from all others in their organization, and including genera which correspond to several orders of ordinary mammals. They belong to the aplacental mammals, and their most striking peculiarity is the production of the young in ...
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12. marsupial
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mar-sū′pē-ăl Definitions: 1. A member of the order Marsupalia, which includes such mammals as kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, and opossums, the female of which has an abdominal pouch for carrying the young. 2. Of or pertaining to marsupials.
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13. marsupial
    Mammal in which the female has a pouch where young (born tiny and immature) are carried for a considerable time after birth. Marsupials include omnivorous, herbivorous, and carnivorous species, among them the kangaroo, wombat, opossum, phalanger, bandicoot, dasyure, and wallaby. The Australian marsu...
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14. Marsupial
    `Marsupials` are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central ...
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